Todd: So, Akane, what did you do today?
托德：茜，你今天做什么了？Akane: Ah, today I cleaned my apartment.
茜：我今天打扫了公寓。Todd: Sounds fun!
托德：听起来很有乐趣！
Akane: It was actually. I really like cleaning cause I only get one day a week to do it, and my apartment gets clean.
茜：是很有趣。我很喜欢打扫，我每周只有一天能做打扫工作，打扫后我的公寓变得很干净。Todd: So when you clean your apartment how long does it take you to clean everything?
托德：那你一般打扫一遍公寓要用多长时间呢？Akane: Well, let's see, I started around 7:30 in the morning and then I probably finished around 10:30.
茜：嗯，我想想，我是早上7点半开始打扫的，大概是10点半完成的。Todd: 3 hours!
托德：3个小时！Akane: Yeah!
茜：对！Todd: That's a long time.
托德：时间好长。Akane: Well, I do a lot of cleaning.
茜：我做了很多清洁工作。Todd: Man!
托德：天哪！Akane: And that includes laundry, actually.
茜：实际上还包括洗衣服。Todd: So for your laundry, do you use the laundromat down the street?
托德：你洗衣服会用街上的自助洗衣店吗？Akane: No, I use my own laundry machine, and I hang it up to dry.
茜：不会，我用自己的洗衣机洗，我会把衣服挂起来晾干。Todd: Wow! But when you do that you can't get that nice soft feel from the clothes.
托德：哇！可是那样衣服没有柔软感。Akane: Well, no but I save money!
茜：嗯，可是这样省钱！Todd: That's true! I feel bad about using the laundromat cause I guess it wastes energy, but I just love how the dryers make your clothes really soft and warm and there's no wrinkles and it's done.
托德：那倒是。我不喜欢用自助洗衣店，因为我认为那很浪费能源，可是我喜欢烘干机使衣服变得又软又温暖，而且洗完以后也没有褶皱。Akane: I agree. Mm, for sure. I wish I had a dryer.
茜：我同意。的确是这样。我希望我也有个烘干机。Todd: So do you iron your clothes for work?
托德：那你会熨上班穿的衣服吗？Akane: I do, yeah, I always iron my clothes. I do my washing on Saturdays and I do my ironing on Sundays.
茜：我会，我一直都有熨衣服。我在周六洗衣服，周日熨衣服。Todd: Oh, man, you're regimented.
托德：哦，天哪，你真有组织性。Akane: Yeah, I am.
茜：是啊，我是。Todd: You got it down. You know I never iron my shirts.
托德：跟你比我差远了，你知道我从来不熨我的衬衫。Akane: You never iron!
茜：你从来不熨衣服！Todd: No, I just take them out of the dryer, and that's close enough, and then usually when I put them on, they kind of stretch.
托德：对，我只是把衣服从烘干机里拿出来，基本就是这样，我穿上的时候它们会伸展一些。Akane: Well, I guess so and if you're wearing a jacket over it, then you can't really see.
茜：我想也是，如果你外面再穿一件夹克，那完全看不出来。Todd: Yeah, plus I'm a teacher and teachers don't have to look sharp.
托德：对，而且我是一名老师，老师是不用看上去很帅气。Akane: I guess so. Yeah!
茜：我想也是。Todd: Hey, so, what are your plans for tomorrow?
托德：那你明天有什么计划？Akane: Tomorrow? Well, my ironing of course, and I'm a teacher and I have markings so, I'll do some markings, cause I have to mark some essays.
茜：明天？当然我要熨衣服，我是老师，所以我有卷子要批改，所以明天我会批改试卷还有作文。Todd: Oh, that sounds awful!
托德：哦，听起来真糟糕！Akane: Yeah, but it has to be done.
茜：是啊，可是我必须完成这些工作。Todd: Yeah, but on the weekend! I try not to bring work home. I just don't like to do it. On the weekend, I feel you should energize yourself and just rest and relax.
托德：可是明天是周末啊！我努力不把工作带回家里，我就是不喜欢这样。我觉得周末你应该让自己充满能量，尽量休息、放松。Akane: I agree, but this week I couldn't help it cause we were so busy.
茜：我同意，可是这周我办不到了，因为我太忙了。Todd: So, why were you busy this week?
托德：那你周都忙什么了？Akane: Well, we had so much work to do, and I gave them out an essay, and I got those essays back, so I have to mark those.
茜：我有很多工作要做，我让学生们写了篇作文，他们把作文交上来后我要进行批改。Todd: Hey, have you been giving your students tests?
托德：你有给学生们安排过考试吗？Akane: Uh, just little quizzes once in a while.
茜：只是偶尔安排一些小测验。Todd: Yeah, I have to give my students a test but I don't know what to test them on.
托德：嗯，我必须要给学生们安排考试，可是我不知道如何测试。Akane: Yeah, that is always a hard part.
茜：嗯，那一直是个难点。Todd: Do you give easy tests or hard tests?
托德：你是进行简单的考试还是难的考试？Akane: Well, the quizzes are quite easy, but I think they find it to be quite hard.
茜：小测验很简单，可是我想他们认为那很难。Todd: Yeah, students always say, "It's difficult!"
托德：是啊，学生们总是说“太难了！”Akane: Yeah!
茜：没错！Todd: "It's difficult!" Well, enjoy your marking tomorrow!
托德：“太难了！”希望你明天批改试卷时过得愉快！Akane: Thanks.
茜：谢谢你。
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重点讲解：
1. hang up
悬挂；吊；
eg. I found his jacket, which was hanging up in the hallway.
我找到了他那件夹克衫，就在门厅里挂着。
eg. Some prisoners climbed onto the roof and hung up a banner.
几个囚犯爬上房顶，挂起了一面旗子。
2. for sure
无疑；肯定；
eg. It's impossible to know for sure how much you're consuming.
要想知道确切的食盐摄取量几乎是不可能的事情。
eg. No one knows for sure how people first learned to preserve food.
没有人确切地知道当初人们是如何学会保存食物的。
3. put on
穿；戴；涂；抹；
eg. The man put on his smock and went out.
那人穿上罩衫，然后走了出去。
eg. I put on the pearl earrings Daddy had bought me.
我戴上了爸爸给我买的珍珠耳环。
4. give out
分发；散发；
eg. The teacher gave out the examination papers.
教师发了考卷。
eg. The American seem to give out their invitations so far in advance.
美国人似乎提前许多天就发出请。
5. once in a while
偶尔；间或；
eg. Once in a while we had a major blowout.
我们偶尔会吃顿大餐。
eg. I watched things change and made observations every once in a while.
我观察着事物的变化，时不时地提出我的意见。